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Sorry to disagree, he is Conservative on some issues, but not on others like fiscal matter. I see People putting too much of their heart and soul on someone that has never even run statewide. Americans have shown they like Chief Executives of States as proof that they can do something besides introduce/pass Bills. Look at the last several Presidents with the exception of LBJ (VP), Nixon (VP), Ford (VP by default), and GHWB (VP), and vast experience as Head of CIA, and a multitude of other important jobs. Hunter may sound good to people today, but let us not make up our minds prematurely, or we have someone that freepers like, but loses 40 States to whomever the Rats put up there. Allen sounded good, where is he now after he was almost anointed? People get all excited about fill in the blank, and they end up upset down the road. I think that Hunter may very well be in line for a VP position if nothing awful shows up, but the Key is he is one of 435 Congressmen and that is his experience. Let's put aside the emotionally relevant fact that his Son is in Iraq, so is Tim Johnson and Jim Webb's sons. I am taking a wait and see attitude, this 2008 race is too big to get bogged down with a Candidate that thousands of others have more credentials than he does.

I am taking a wait and see attitude, this 2008 race is too big to get bogged down with a Candidate that thousands of others have more credentials than he does.

And so should we all adopt a cautious approach. You made excellent points in your post. But if there are those with more credentials, we need to see them step up to the plate. These people need to be tested in the glare of the public spotlight that only a personal announcement of presidential intentions brings to bear. This present discussion, for me, of possible candidates has meaning basically in the context of primaries. I would not look approvingly on a sub rosa candidate carefully weighing his/her chances and waiting for the passage of time to harm opponents while possibly hiding their own faults.